Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Jellied Fruit

No, I'm not reading from a Halloween cookbook. It's still the 1958 Quick 'n' Easy Good Housekeeping. This very scary photo is the Jellied Fruit, to be accompanied by custard sauce. Only I think here it's the custard sauce with nasty jellied fruit on tip.

I'm not a big fan of jellied foods in general, and I don't think the grapes add anything visually here. The clock is kind of interesting. Next to this recipe is one for "Moonlight Cake with Strawberries." Now why didn't they photograph that one instead?

3 comments:

I've noticed that vintage cookbook photos are often "unappetizing" - LOL. The Jellied Fruit photo is definitely a case in point... and rather disturbing too. Oddly enough, my grandmother was a big fan of gelatin salads - she made them often and in great variety.

I'll bet I can find an olive fruit salad in my collection, Sarah - it can't be weirder than prunes!

Any of those jello salads tasty, Miss Cherrybubbles? I'd love to hear about her various recipes. I made most of the recipes from the 1960's Jello my mother had when I was in high school for some strange reason and while weird, some are actually ok to eat. Perhaps this explains a lot about me!

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Amy Alessio unleashes her extensive vintage cookbook and craft pattern collection on the unsuspecting public through her presentations and this blog. Mystery author Molly MacRae guest blogs with an unusual recipe every First Monday.